We can clone you wholesale: Boffins build ML agents that respond like specific people
Oh, AI wanna be like you, AI wanna walk like you, talk like you, too
AI + ML24 Nov 2024 | 36
Offbeat
Why Google's Chrome monopoly won't crack anytime soon
Opinion Haven't we heard this story before?
Columnists23 Nov 2024 | 52
AI Jesus is ready to dispense advice from a booth in historic Swiss church
Pope, Depeche Mode, silent on digital second coming
Bootnotes23 Nov 2024 | 71
SpaceX closing in on approval for 25 Starship launches in 2025
Draft environmental assessment ready for public scrutiny
Science22 Nov 2024 | 19
EU buyers still shunning pure electric vehicles, prefer hybrids
Dual power source beat petrol-only autos for second month running
Personal Tech22 Nov 2024 | 130
BOFH: The devil's in the contract details
Episode 22 But at least we have the PFY – and beautiful views from the office window
BOFH22 Nov 2024 | 57
India's Moon orbiter was shifted suddenly to avoid Korea's and NASA's craft
Apparently there's not enough space in space
Science22 Nov 2024 | 28
Billionaire food app CEO wants you to pay for the privilege of working with him
Zomato boss Deepinder Goyal leaves a sour taste in the mouth
Offbeat21 Nov 2024 | 88
SpaceX claims another Starship success, but fumbles the catch
In-space engine reignition paves way for orbital missions
Science20 Nov 2024 | 134
BASIC co-creator Thomas Kurtz hits END at 96
Obit Pioneering Dartmouth College mathematician died last week
Bootnotes20 Nov 2024 | 120
Study suggests X turned right just in time for election season
Significant uptick in visibility for Musk, Republican account posts from July 13
Personal Tech20 Nov 2024 | 177
Robot runs marathon in South Korea, apparently the first time this has happened
Finishing in 4:19:52 makes it a SlowBot - although it did finish without a battery top-up
Science19 Nov 2024 | 25
Judges not impressed by Amazon, SpaceX's attempt to have NLRB declared unconstitutional
Big Tech's big war on American labor watchdog stumbles... bigly
Legal18 Nov 2024 | 68
Musk, America PAC sued for allegedly rigging $1M election prize
This was pretty inevitable after its lawyers admitted in court that the giveaway wasn't random
Offbeat18 Nov 2024 | 68
NASA wants ideas on how to haul injured moonwalkers
$45K says you can do it without a lunar rover
Science18 Nov 2024 | 57
UK test-fires Spear mini cruise missile that will equip F-35 fighters
2-way datalink allows in-flight info updates including retargeting and abort
Public Sector18 Nov 2024 | 84
NIST trains AI to hear the 'oh crap' moment before batteries explode
Machine learning used to separate opening a can of soda from something catastrophic
Science18 Nov 2024 | 26
First looks at China's Moon rock samples suggest Luna had volcanoes for longer than previously thought
Stuff from the far side is basalt - but less KREEP-y than expected
Science18 Nov 2024 | 1
Swiss cheesed off as postal service used to spread malware
QR codes arrive via an age-old delivery system
Bootnotes16 Nov 2024 | 39
Airbus A380 flew for 300 hours with metre-long tool left inside engine
Emails and tool-tracking software weren't heeded, but nothing scary happened - except to the nylon tool
Offbeat15 Nov 2024 | 163
Popular
Volunteer DEF CON hackers dive into America's leaky water infrastructure
Six sites targeted for security clean-up, just 49,994 to go
Trump taps border hawk to head DHS. Will Noem's 'enthusiasm' extend to digital domain?
Analysis Meanwhile, CISA chief Jen Easterly will step down prior to inauguration
One thing AI can't generate at the moment – compelling reasons to use it for work
Kettle Our vultures think this tech is interesting but in its 8-bit stage
We can clone you wholesale: Boffins build ML agents that respond like specific people
Oh, AI wanna be like you, AI wanna walk like you, talk like you, too
Network engineer chose humiliation over a night on the datacenter floor
Who, Me? To avoid lock-in, it helps if you remember your keys
Imagine a land in which Big Tech can't send you down online rabbit holes or use algorithms to overcharge you
China is trying to become that land, with a government crackdown on the things that make the internet no fun
Russian spies may have moved in next door to target your network
Infosec in brief Plus: Microsoft seizes phishing domains; Helldown finds new targets; Illegal streaming with Jupyter, and more
Mysteries in polar orbit – space's oldest working hardware still keeps its secrets
Opinion It's never aliens, but it could be underground TV repair techs
Google blocked 1,000-plus pro-China fake news websites from its search results
Beijing's propaganda buddies aren't just using social media
China sends cloud powered by homebrew Loongson CPUs into space
Asia In Brief Plus: Korea cracks down on Temu; US, Vietnam, sign infosec pact; India extends controversial hardware import law; and more
STORIES
WP Engine revs Automattic lawsuit with antitrust claim
Revised sueball over WordPress brawl tries Sherman Antitrust Act on for size
Software15 Nov 2024 | 23
Congress ponders underwater alien civilizations, human hybrids, and other unexplained stuff
Video Because life's not weird enough in the United States these days
Science14 Nov 2024 | 48
Tesla Cybertruck, a paragon of reliability, recalled again
And there's no OTA patching your way out of faulty drive inverter MOSFETs
Bootnotes14 Nov 2024 | 53
SpaceX Starship moved to launchpad for 6th flight test
Yes, the heat shield has been tweaked. But there's also a banana for scale
Science14 Nov 2024 | 16
Academic papers yanked after authors found to have used unlicensed software
Updated Dam, the consequences
Software14 Nov 2024 | 80
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to eject hundreds more workers
Budget constraints result in 'painful but necessary adjustments'
Science13 Nov 2024 | 35
California's last nuclear plant turns to generative AI for filing and finding the fine print
Diablo Canyon gets nifty new tech to … speed up document retrieval?
Science13 Nov 2024 | 11
Ambitious overclocker cools Raspberry Pi 5 with liquid nitrogen
Updated Pi supremo Eben Upton tells El Reg: 'I love this sort of thing'
Offbeat13 Nov 2024 | 39
UK's Darpa clone faces tough test next spring as government considers future funding
With plant platforms and neural circuits on the program, Aria's leadership hope cross-party concensus continues
Public Sector13 Nov 2024 | 11
What might a second term of Trump mean for the US space program?
Moon, Mars, and Mayhem?
Science12 Nov 2024 | 73
SpaceX Dragon gives ISS a helping hand with altitude
Demonstration paves way for more reboosts before station's eventual deorbit
Science11 Nov 2024 | 28
Gang of monkeys escape South Carolina biomedical research facility
Lock your doors and windows, say police, but these should be disease-free
Bootnotes11 Nov 2024 | 58
Unbreakable Voyager space probes close in on a 50 year mission
Dwindling power and problematic communications, but the spacecraft just keeps on going
Science09 Nov 2024 | 66
Intel: Our finances are in the toilet, we're laying off 15K, but the free coffee is back!
Now that's a brew-haha
Bootnotes09 Nov 2024 | 98
BOFH: Don't threaten us with a good time – ensure it
Episode 21 Enterprise-level insurance? What are we, Trekkies?
BOFH08 Nov 2024 | 125
NHS to launch 'real-time surveillance system' to prevent future pandemics
Nanopore DNA screening technology may identify novel pathogens, propose treatments in as little as six hours
Science08 Nov 2024 | 55
NASA fires up super-quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft
Vid A try called Quesst
Bootnotes08 Nov 2024 | 89
Robots crush career opportunities for low-skilled workers
They also boost support for populist politicians, study finds
Offbeat08 Nov 2024 | 91
Astroboffins tune into the wild origins of fast radio bursts
Enigmatic cosmic signals from outside this galaxy could come from collapsed binary stars
Science07 Nov 2024 | 8
Top 10 billionaires make nearly $64B in post-Trump election stock surge
9 out of 10 are techies, but Zuckerberg lost money
Offbeat07 Nov 2024 | 120
Nolanverse Batmobile leaps barrier between film and reality – but it'll cost you
Got a spare $2.9 million lying around? Asking for a friend ...
Offbeat07 Nov 2024 | 29
SpaceX plans next Starship flight just days from now
Hands up who wants to see the 'chopsticks' catch the Super Heavy again?
Science07 Nov 2024 | 42
Another official four-day week pilot kicks off in the UK
Nation's favorite cloud-slinger, AWS, unlikely to be taking part
Offbeat07 Nov 2024 | 35
Intel sued over Raptor Lake voltage instability
Failure to warn customers about chip flaw leads to fraud claim
Systems06 Nov 2024 | 15
Arecibo telescope might have failed because of weak sockets
Electromagnetic radiation contributed to that zincing feeling: analysts
Science06 Nov 2024 | 68
A new city springs from the rainforest to become Indonesia's tech hub
Jakarta who? Indonesia's new capital, Nusantara, is packed with tech
On-Prem06 Nov 2024 | 17
Judge decides not to block Musk's $1M election giveaway
America PAC tells judge winners were preselected, raising a whole new set of legal questions
Legal05 Nov 2024 | 69
Japan's wooden cube-shaped satellite rockets to space
Wooden datacenters? Japan can build spacecraft out of the stuff
Networks05 Nov 2024 | 24
That position you just applied for might be a 'ghost job' that'll never be filled
Turns out it's perfectly legal to waste applicants' time, use posts to squeeze more productivity out of employees
Legal03 Nov 2024 | 130
Oregon Trail 'action comedy' film in the works from Apple
Hopefully watching it'll be less painful than dying of dysentery
Offbeat02 Nov 2024 | 46
The hunt is on for the scum who stole Britain's largest inflatable planetarium
Have you seen this dome? It's full of stars
Science02 Nov 2024 | 68
Reaction Engines' hypersonic hopes stall as funding fizzles out
Updated 173 jobs gone after air-breathing rocket project loses lift
Science01 Nov 2024 | 151
Japan's space agency to build a digital twin of its ISS module – right before it retires
It's the space economy, stupid
Science01 Nov 2024 | 4
We know what Musk will probably dress up as this year: A victim
Updated Mr X ordered to show at Halloween hearing over election lottery as his lawyers file docs to dodge it
Offbeat31 Oct 2024 | 152
Combustion engines grind Linus Torvalds' gears
Just like his once famous temper, Linux kernel creator also ditched classic engines ... in favor of EVs
Offbeat30 Oct 2024 | 201
Fired Disney staffer accused of hacking menu to add profanity, wingdings, removes allergen info
If you're gonna come at the mouse, you need to be better at hiding your tracks
Security30 Oct 2024 | 58
Musk, Bezos need just 90 minutes to match your lifetime carbon footprint, says Oxfam
Between jets, yachts and investments in destructive companies, billionaires are speed running the apocalypse
Off-Prem30 Oct 2024 | 87
China refreshes crew of its 'Celestial Palace' space station
Incoming trio includes first female engineer, a returning taikonaut, and one newbie
Science30 Oct 2024 | 10
Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
Don't hold your breath Putin
Software29 Oct 2024 | 260
NASA narrows Artemis III landing target list to nine
The Mons Mouton Plateau looks nice this time of year. Or maybe you prefer Slater Plain?
Science29 Oct 2024 | 19
Tardigrade genes may hold secret to radiation treatments for humans
Microscopic 'water bears' can survive blasts that would kill humans
Science29 Oct 2024 | 20
iFixit to the rescue: McDonald's workers can rescue their own ice cream machines
Burger me! Partial success in chipping away at insane DMCA rules
Software29 Oct 2024 | 59
JPMorgan Chase sues scammers following viral 'infinite money glitch'
ATMs paid customers thousands ... and now the bank wants its money back
Security28 Oct 2024 | 47
Skyscraper-high sewage plume erupts in Moscow
Ukrainian hackers again, or just 50+ year old infrastructure showing its age? Either way, it's a mess
Offbeat28 Oct 2024 | 80
Boeing launches funding round to stave off credit downgrade
updated 108-year-old aerospace giant acting like a struggling startup as debts and losses soar
Offbeat28 Oct 2024 | 30
Huawei's farewell to Android isn't a marketing move, it's chess
Opinion HarmonyOS NEXT sounds dissonant until you get the theme
Columnists28 Oct 2024 | 126
China's first space tourism venture sells first pair of tickets
Just two of 'em, at a discount befitting the early stage of development for the kit involved
Science28 Oct 2024 | 14
UK sleep experts say it's time to kill daylight saving for good
It turns out morning light beats evening rays for health benefits
Personal Tech27 Oct 2024 | 282
Biz Daemon is too cool to respond to fans of his big screen work
BORK!BORK!BORK! If only all Android apps were so effortlessly stylish
Bootnotes26 Oct 2024 | 12
The open secret of open washing – why companies pretend to be open source
Opinion Allowing pretenders to co-opt the term is bad for everyone
Columnists25 Oct 2024 | 45
Say hello to the epi-bit, a new approach to DNA data storage
A single gram can hold 215,000 TB. Technique inspired by epigenetics might help unlock that potential
Science25 Oct 2024 | 23
BOFH: The Boss pulled the plug on our AI, so we pulled the pin on him
Episode 20 Database licensing can be such a contentious area
BOFH25 Oct 2024 | 38
Billionaire SaaS CEO loses title after week of sleaze allegations
Not much more than a slap on the wrist as WiseTech boss stays on in new role and keeps salary
Legal25 Oct 2024 | 6
Scientists demand FCC test environmental impacts of satellites
updated Boffins say it's absurd that the US comms watchdog won't consider atmospheric harms
Science24 Oct 2024 | 15
Ford CEO admits he drives a Chinese electric vehicle and doesn't want to give it up
Warns the Middle Kingdom is drinking Detroit's milkshake at the moment
Offbeat24 Oct 2024 | 164
$180 for an overpriced, dubious SSD drive? Maybe don't join the USB Club
No specs and few details, but the promise of access to an exclusive community is still drawing buyers
Off-Prem24 Oct 2024 | 29
Floppy discs still run a U.S. metro? Japan steps in with 'project kill floppy'
Hitachi Rail contract inked by SF transport board will kill the throwback
Storage24 Oct 2024 | 45
Boeing strike continues as union rejects contract, scuttling CEO's recovery plan
Kelly Ortberg's turnaround express heads back to the hangar
Offbeat24 Oct 2024 | 20
Flying taxis cleared for takeoff under new US aviation rules
'Powered-lift' becomes first new category of aircraft in nearly 80 years
Offbeat24 Oct 2024 | 19
Penn State pays DoJ $1.25M to settle cybersecurity compliance case
Fight On, State? Not this time
Security23 Oct 2024 | 3
The horror that is VHS revived for horror movie release
POLL: Is VHS back? Cassette-bursting medium revived for latest Alien chest-burster flick
Bootnotes23 Oct 2024 | 89
Boeing's new captain promises U-turn after Q3 nosedive
Earnings reported the same day striking union workers vote on a new contract
Offbeat23 Oct 2024 | 29
Boffins explore cell signals as potential GPS alternative
Team sends a flying cooler packed with DIY tech 15 miles up for the test
Science23 Oct 2024 | 28
AI firms and civil society groups plead for passage of federal AI law ASAP
Congress urged to act before year's end to support US competitiveness
AI + ML23 Oct 2024 | 8
Woman stuck upside down under rock for hours after trying to retrieve dropped phone
Emergency services had to move a boulder to get her out
Personal Tech23 Oct 2024 | 68
Arm reportedly warns Qualcomm it will cancel its licenses
Qualcomm brands ploy as 'unfounded' cash grab
Legal23 Oct 2024 | 48
Fake reviewers face the wrath of Khan
From hell's heart I stab at thee
Software22 Oct 2024 | 29
AI's energy appetite has Taiwan reconsidering the nuclear option
Premier indicates possible shift in post-Fukushima policy
Science22 Oct 2024 | 17
Lab-grown human brain cells drive virtual butterfly in simulation
Could organoid-driven computing be the future of AI power?
Science22 Oct 2024 | 32
Intern allegedly messed with ByteDance's LLM training cluster
No losses caused – except the intern's job – says TikTok parent
AI + ML22 Oct 2024 | 18
Drone maker DJI sues Pentagon over ‘Chinese military company’ label
Pending CCP drone ban could render the suit irrelevant
Legal22 Oct 2024 | 14
The Astronaut wore Prada – and a blast from Michael Bloomberg
Stylish Artemis spacesuit design revealed last week should never fly, billionaire argues
Science21 Oct 2024 | 64
California cops cuff suspect in deadly drone-assisted drug deal
‘Crany’ also captured with three 'ghost guns'
Offbeat19 Oct 2024 | 36
Europa Clipper heads to Jupiter: Can its icy moon support life?
But first stop is Mars for a speed boost, then back to Earth for the final push
Science19 Oct 2024 | 29
Tesla FSD faces yet another probe after fatal low-visibility crash
Musk’s camera-only approach may not be a great idea after all?
Offbeat18 Oct 2024 | 124
Richard Branson to take balloon ride to edge of space
No Zero-G shenanigans, but a fully stocked bar and spectacular views
Offbeat18 Oct 2024 | 79
Server-maker Wiwynn expands $61M lawsuit against X
Finds two more reasons Musk should have known he was on the hook for datacenter kit
Legal18 Oct 2024 | 21
FCC fines be damned, ESPN misuses emergency alert tones yet again
It’s the third strike, yet all they get is a slap on the wrist?
Offbeat17 Oct 2024 | 79
Oh, what a feeling: Toyota building robots that get better with practice
Bots that learn to peel potatoes is a lot less scary than Black Mirror
Science17 Oct 2024 | 15
China launches plan to lead the world in space exploration
Long-term research program includes building Moon bases, finding habitable exoplanets, and probing 'space-time ripples'
Science17 Oct 2024 | 36
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